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HR 9363 Cleared committee

Establishes a Center for AI Security and Innovation within the National Institute of Standards and Technology to measure AI risks, evaluate advanced AI systems, and develop security standards, with $20 million a year authorized for fiscal years 2027 through 2032.

Official title: AI Security and Innovation Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
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House
Introduced 18-JUN-2026
Referred 18-JUN-2026
Approved by committee 25-JUN-2026
Key points
  • Requires the Commerce Department to establish the center within 60 days of enactment and to appoint a director within 3 months after that.
  • Tasks the center with assessing AI national security and economic security risks and with evaluating threats such as model tampering, data leakage, and jailbreaks.
  • Lets developers of covered frontier systems enter voluntary agreements for classified and unclassified risk evaluations, and states that the center has no regulatory or enforcement authority.
  • Authorizes $20,000,000 per fiscal year for 2027 through 2032 and terminates the section 5 years after enactment.
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Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor Jay Obernolte (R-CA) Cosponsors · 7
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